Homeschool Penguin Unit Study

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-08-10T21:31:44-05:00August 10th, 2014|Homeschool, Uncategorized|

Our homeschool year runs from January to September, so while everyone else is gearing up to head back to school, we are in the home stretch and gearing up for a nice long break! One thing we did this year was have Taryn (3rd grade) and Jude (1st grade) keep what we call a “Curious Journal”. I purchased them from Lakeshore Learning and it’s a place for them to write and draw and keep track of all the things they are curious about. It’s been really interesting to see what they write and what they want to learn. It helps me to know what direction to head in when we […]

earth day

Lyndsay Stradtner2013-04-29T19:54:53-05:00April 29th, 2013|Homeschool, Jude, My Family|

I decided on Earth Day to add a last minute Earth Day lesson to our homeschool day. A quick pinterest search brought me to this. We listed to Jack Johnson’s 3R’s song, talked about how we can reduce, reuse and recycle. We planted our thyme and rosemary plants that came in our Greenling CSA boxes. I felt pretty good about our little last minute lesson for one afternoon. Until yesterday. When I heard Jude in the kitchen, fussing at Jason…..”Daaaaaad, paper towels are bad! Here, let me put that roll in the trash for you…..” Hmmmm. We might need to revisit….

a few favorrite things: homeschool edition

Lyndsay Stradtner2013-04-26T07:24:26-05:00April 26th, 2013|Homeschool, My Family, Uncategorized|

Dare I say it? We seem to have hit a good groove with homeschool. Taryn is working hard and consistently, thriving with our new curriculum. Jude hit the ground running and sped off! Ha! He’s been in kindergarten for 6 full weeks and is ahead in most of his subjects. I’m definitely going to be supplementing with more art and subjects of his choosing very soon. The great news is that after just a few weeks, he’s starting to read! So thrilling! So, since all 3 of us are happy with our new curriculum and thriving, I thought I’d come share a few of my favorite homechool things!

First, we are LOVING the […]